Friday, June 7, 2013

Scapemaker Blog Tour

I am so excited to be participating in this tour. I enjoyed this book and the new to me beings in this book. So let's get started and meet the author Steve.

Steve
V Cypert was born in Los Angeles,
California. At twenty-four he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah,
where, two decades later, he continues to live. At age 34 he found and married
his beautiful wife, Katie. Today, at age 40, he and his wife still live in Utah with their baby and
their 4 year old Shih Tzu. Steve graduated from the University of Utah
in 2003 where he graduated with a 4 year degree.

For
as long as he can remember, Steve has loved to come up with creative and
far-fetched stories. In 2011 Steve finished his first novel, a work of
historical fiction. He wrote Port
of Errors in just three
months. However, it took him ten years of research, editing and putting the
missing pieces together. In 2012 he
wrote a second novel, the first in a series of four. Though, this time it was a
YA paranormal fantasy. The title, at first, was The Son of Nicholas Namely, but
Steve soon changed it to Scapemaker, which is also the name of the 4 book
series. As of January 2013, the outline for the second book in the series was
completed.

Steve
loves photography. He shot weddings for a few years, but loves wildlife and
landscape; he also loves volleyball and hiking; he has a mountain bike, but
never rides it; finally, he is a self-professed indulgent and fanatically
addicted big screen movie junkie. His favorite color is green. He loves steak
and prime rib – medium rare or rare. His “lucky” number is 4. His favorite
ice-cream is mint chocolate chip. And he loves horseback riding and country
swinging – which he is very good at… sloppy, but good!

Matthew is the son of Mr. Nicholas Namely, a local
high school teacher. However, Matthew does not know that his father is a
dreamscaper, whose classroom is connected to the dream-world. From his
classroom, Mr. Namely’s students enter the halls of Scapemaker, a dream-world
high school for young and inexperienced dreamscapers.

Following a couple of tragic events—his father’s sudden comatose condition and
the unbelievable mysteries surrounding the unexpected death of his best friend,
Dobian Brown—Matthew is compelled to investigate and is propelled into a whole
new world. Matthew and his mother, Mae, are soon coerced into moving across the
country for his father's strange medical needs. While attending his new school,
Matthew comes to know the secrets that Daedree, an annoying girl from his
former high school, has locked away. Matthew also meets Amber, a beautiful
enigmatic girl who leads him to Mr. Xoner's classroom. While there, he learns
the art of dreamscaping (which, unbeknownst to Matthew, has been in his
bloodline for thousands of years). This new life will lead Matthew to
unbelievable characters with the most extraordinary abilities he could have
ever imagined—and the most deadly and wicked villains he never thought he’d be
up against.

Matthew will come to know of Nox Celare, otherwise known as The Sandman, who is
after a special element called Magineum. He must not only solve the mysteries
surrounding those tragic events, but he will also have to protect the Magineum
with his life and find a way to be with the girl of his dreams. Neck deep in
skinwalkers (shape shifters), sandsleepers, zombies, goblins, soul feeders,
ghosts, ogres, dragons, dream-world criminals known as “night terrors” and
more, Matthew learns he is in over his head. With the help of his friends, Mr.
Xoner, and a determined FBI agent, Matthew will learn more about his father
than he ever hoped to—or wished to know. He soon uncovers the reason for his
father’s comatose condition; with vague implications of a traitorous act and a
possible connection to Doby’s death, Mr. Namely had been convicted and his mind
held within the notorious Sandstorm Prison inside the dream- world. Matthew
must now prove his father’s innocence as a helpless victim of Nox’s plan to
escape Sandstorm Prison

Excerpt:

“Matthew, step back!” cried Mr. Xoner. “Quickly, step away!”
Matthew was petrified as he watched in complete fear. “Run,” shouted Mr. Xoner,
joined now by the rest of the students with voices of their own, “run, run,
run!”

Now much larger than any two students combined, [it] burst
from [its] skin, emerging like a reptilian monster from [its] shell complete
with fire lit eyes. [Its] teeth were long and sharp. [It] reached for Matthew
with arms that were now twice the size of Matthew’s torso.

All the students in the room screamed chaotically and ran
through the dreamgate. Matthew tried following the students through the door
but was tackled by Mr. Xoner. “No, Matthew, not there. Not yet.”

“I don’t know what’s behind that door but I’ll take it over
that thing any day,” said Matthew as he tried to squirm away from Mr. Xoner’s
grip. Although he was smaller and frailer than Matthew, Mr. Xoner held him
against the floor boards next to the ornate door.

The windows high on the wall began to shake along with the
walls as [it] approached. His every step fractured the floor sending cracks through
the foundation.

“Matthew, stay here,” instructed Mr. Xoner. “Do not move a
muscle.”

My Review:

I have mixed feeling about this book. I enjoyed it and the
world created by Steve. But I had to force myself at first to keep reading as
the book started off slow for me. But once it got going I couldn't put the book
down. I enjoyed the mix of beings in this book. I haven’t read any books with
sandsleepers or soul feeders and I really enjoyed reading about them and I hope
to find more books with these kinds of beings in them.

I got so lost in this world created by Steve that I forgot
everything around me. With the mystery, secrets, forbidden young love, and new
to me creatures I am so looking forward to the next book. 4/5 Bloody Fangs